[Adopted 12-3-1970]
In order to preserve public safety and good order on the highways
in the Town of Oneonta, this Article is hereby adopted to regulate
the removal and storage of vehicles parked or abandoned on highways
during snowstorms within the territory of the Town of Oneonta.[1]
When any vehicle is parked or abandoned on any public highway
within the Town of Oneonta during a snowstorm, flood, serious fire
or other extreme public emergency which affects that portion of the
public highway upon which said vehicle is parked or abandoned, said
vehicle may be removed by the Town Highway Superintendent or other
peace officer, as the case may be.
[Amended 1-22-1986 by L.L. 1-1986]
After removal of any vehicle as provided in this article, the
Town Highway Superintendent or other peace officer may store such
vehicle in a suitable place at the expense of the owner. Such owner
or person in charge of the vehicle may redeem the same upon payment
to the Town Highway Superintendent or peace officer, as the case may
be, of the amount of all expenses actually and necessarily incurred
in effecting such removal, such charges not to exceed $50, together
with any charges for storage, such storage charges not to exceed $5
per day or fraction thereof.
The Town Highway Superintendent or peace officer, whoever shall
require removal of a motor vehicle in any particular instance, shall
without delay report the removal and the disposition of any vehicle
removed as provided in this article to the Town Clerk, and it shall
be the duty of such Town Clerk to ascertain to the extent possible
the owner of the vehicle or person having same in charge and to notify
him of the removal and disposition of such vehicle and the amount
which will be required to redeem the same.
For the purposes of this article, the words "vehicle," "owner"
and "park" shall have the meanings as defined in the Vehicle and Traffic
Law of the State of New York. The term "snowstorm" shall include any
precipitation of snow of 2 1/2 inches or more.
